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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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οὐαί

Strong’s: G3759

Associated OET lemmas: οὐαί

Form 1

Part of speech: intj.

Sense 1: disaster, horror

Semantic entry: 22.9

Semantic domains: Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances

Subdomains: Trouble, Hardship, Distress

Definition: a state of intense hardship or distress

Notes: In some languages there may not be a noun for ‘disaster,’ but one can express the meaning of the Greek term οὐαί as ‘how greatly one will suffer’ or ‘what terrible pain will come to one.’

Show passage in OET: MAT 11:21

OET-RV MAT 11:21

21 “Korazin, you’re doomed. Beyt-Tsayda, you’re doomed. Because if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tsor (Tyre) and Tsidon (Sidon), they would have shown their turning away from their sins by wearing coarse cloth and showering themselves with ashes.

OET-LV MAT 11:21

21 Woe to_you, Ⱪorazin.
Woe to_you, Baʸthsaida.
Because if the miracles which having_become in you_all became in Turos/(Tsor) and Sidōn/(Tsīdōn), long_ago they_ would _repented in sackcloth and ashes.
Show passage in OET: MAT 18:7

OET-RV MAT 18:7

7 The world suffers due to temptations, because it’s necessary for temptations to come, but it won’t be good for the person who brings the temptation.

OET-LV MAT 18:7

7 Woe to_the world because_of the temptations.
For/Because it_is necessity the temptations to_come, however woe to_the that person by whom the temptation is_coming.

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All 35 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 11:21 · OET MAT 18:7 · OET MAT 23:13 · OET MAT 23:15–16 · OET MAT 23:23 · OET MAT 23:25 · OET MAT 23:27 · OET MAT 23:29 · OET MAT 24:19 · OET MAT 26:24

MRK: OET MRK 13:17 · OET MRK 14:21

LUK: OET LUK 6:24–26 · OET LUK 10:13 · OET LUK 11:42–44 · OET LUK 11:46–47 · OET LUK 11:52 · OET LUK 17:1 · OET LUK 21:23 · OET LUK 22:22

CO1: OET CO1 9:16

JDE: OET JDE 1:11

REV: OET REV 8:13 · OET REV 9:12 · OET REV 11:14 · OET REV 12:12 · OET REV 18:10 · OET REV 18:16 · OET REV 18:19